Why We Must Not Turn Away From The Kurds
We must support the Kurds against our mutual foes as the only rock of stability in the otherwise turbulent Middle East.
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The Poverty of ‘Identity’
It is hard to overstate the impact of identity politics. The “new culture wars”, have engulfed social media and university campuses and the anti-globalisation tide continues to rise. Left and right have seen the development of hard-line identitarian wings, whilst the themes of intersectionality, community, and nationality have entered mainstream politics. Identitarianism is a rejection […]
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Why Do So Many Guys Have a Problem with Feminists?
I don’t absolutely know why so many men are turned off by a woman interested in her gender’s rights, beyond it being a defence.
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No Compulsion in Religion?
Canadian blogger Abdullah Sameer posted a video on Facebook last Thursday that picked up around 70,000 views in less than 24 hours. The topic was bound to attract attention; Sameer’s video was a video diary on why he had made the decision to leave Islam. Sporting a large and characteristic South Asian beard, Sameer looked […]
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Striving for Victory: Challenging Mental Health Stigma
The final victory must be over these wicked stigmata. People do not want to live with mentally ill people. People do not want to date mentally ill people. People do not trust mentally ill people. Yet, 1/4 of us will be mentally ill at some point
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Fellow Muslims: Sticking Our Heads In The Sand Will Not Make ISIS or Extremism Go Away!
It is only by admitting the faults within ourselves can we begin to listen, understand and grow. Only then can we truly dismantle ISIS.
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Political Correctness is Bad: Discuss
2016. Trump is rising. Right-wing parties loom across Europe. Free expression is under threat. So why is a tree-hugging, lefty, feminist media-lawyer-type like me concerned about the left‘s problem with free speech? Should a cisgendered, white, straight, male even be writing about this? Join me, friends, as I take you through what I think political correctness […]
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